(MVDDS) Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service Auction #53

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Incumbent Licensees Co-primary licensees Geographic areas to be licensed (DMAs) Interference Criteria Due Diligence

Incumbent Licensees  Terrestrial private operational fixed point-to-point (Part 101) stations in the 12.2 – 12.7 GHz frequency band licensed prior to MVDDS.  - Microwave Public Safety Pool (MW)  - Direct Satellite Broadcast Service licensees  - Their Affiliates

Co-Primary Licensees  MVDDS users will share the 12.2 – 12.7 GHz band on a co-primary basis.  - Non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO)  - Fixed –satellite services (FSS)

Licenses to be Auctioned  Designated Market Areas (DMAs)  - developed by Nielsen Media Research  - most consist of contiguous geographic areas  - some composed of multiple noncontiguous areas  - Commission will not provide populations, counties, or maps  to auction bidders or the public  FCC defined DMA –like service areas  - areas not covered by Nielsen in the United States  - Guam  - Northern Mariana Islands  - Puerto Rico  - U. S. Virgin Islands

Description of DMAs  (DMA) registered trademark of Nielsen Media Research  Definitions of DMA001-DMA210 may be found at (  Four FCC defined DMA like areas  DMA211 Alaska – Balance of State  DMA212 Puerto Rico – US Virgin Islands  DMA213 Guam – Northern Mariana Islands  DMA214 American Samoa

Interference Criteria  47 C.F.R. §  - Interference protection criteria  47 C.F.R. §  - Coordination of adjacent area MVDDS stations and incumbent public safety (MW) stations  47 C.F.R. §  - MVDS protection of DBS

Locating MW Incumbents Locating MW Incumbents Using the Universal Licensing System (ULS) Using the Universal Licensing System (ULS)

Protection of Incumbent DBS licensees

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